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Cultural route around Tjeukemeer

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Netherlands

Friesland

Skarsterlân

Cultural route around Tjeukemeer

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(137)

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Cultural route around Tjeukemeer

02:05

36.1km

30m

Cycling

Hop on your bike and be amazed by the art, history, and nature of the area around the Tsjûkemar (Tjeukemeer). This route takes you past unique works of art, historical sites like churches, a pumping station, and several bell towers: a typical Frisian structure built in villages where there was…

by Slowlands NL - Rad & Wandern

Last updated: September 3, 2025

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Includes movable bridges

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After 5.31 km for 44 m

After 14.2 km for 9 m

After 27.7 km for 8 m

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2.43 km

Sint Nicolaasga Beach

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Small beach with sunbathing area and three fishing piers at the Doniaga recreation area (near Sint Nicolaasga).

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3.27 km

Bell tower Doniaga

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In the raised churchyard, lined with trees, stands the Doniaga bell tower. Inside hangs a bell cast by Aernt Butendiic, dating from 1460.

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5.17 km

Bell tower Follega

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The bell tower with its helmet-shaped roof stands in a small, circular churchyard. Inside hangs a bell by P. van den Ghein from 1596 with a diameter of 78 cm.

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12.1 km

Image of the 'suskes' at the shell path

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Here, along the shore of Lake Tjeukemeer, stands the statue of the Suskes sisters. Where the lake now lies, the sisters had a farm. One hot summer evening, it caught …

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12.1 km

Echten Pumping Station

Highlight • Monument

On the southern shore of Lake Tjeukemeer lies the historic Echten Pumping Station. Built in 1913 to drain the Veenpolder near Echten, the pumping station was designated a protected monument …

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15.7 km

St. Jacob's Church, Delfstrahuizen

Highlight • Religious Site

Small church right on the bike path.

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36.1 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

17.8 km

11.8 km

5.26 km

1.32 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

16.1 km

14.2 km

5.26 km

558 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Thursday 28 May

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August 13, 2025

Hop on your bike and be amazed by the art, history, and nature of the area around the Tsjûkemar (Tjeukemeer). This route takes you past unique works of art, historical sites like churches, a pumping station, and several bell towers: a typical Frisian structure built in villages where there was no church

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Cultural route around Tjeukemeer

Sint Nicolaasga Beach

Bell tower Doniaga

Bell tower Follega

Image of the 'suskes' at the shell path

Echten Pumping Station

St. Jacob's Church, Delfstrahuizen

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